News tagged with water voles

Mink control vital to save water voles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping water vole and mink populations apart is vital if efforts to reintroduce water voles, one of Britain’s most endangered mammals, are to be successful.

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Mammal secrets

You probably don’t need a field guide to identify a raccoon. Or a grey squirrel. You’re not likely to say, “that big white shaggy beast, hmm, yes, might be a polar bear. Let’s check.” ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A challenging decade for Britain's mammals

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year’s State of Britain's Mammals report shows that over the last decade some of our most endangered mammal species have bounced back but that many others continue to decline. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Europe faces extinction of many species, EU says

(AP) -- The Iberian lynx that prowls the grasslands of southern Spain. The Mediterranean monk seal swimming waters off Greece and Turkey. The Bavarian pine vole that forages in the high meadows of the Alps.

Biology / Ecology

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New initiative begins to remove mink in north Scotland

The largest ever initiative to remove breeding American mink from north Scotland is now underway, it was announced today (12 May 2011).

Biology / Ecology

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report reveals rabbit and dormouse threatening Britain's wildlife

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Easter Bunny may have been a welcome visitor to many gardens at the weekend, but his fellow rabbits are among 14 invasive species threatening Britain?s wildlife, a report by Oxford University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Whiskers hold secrets of invasive minks

Details of the lifestyle of mink, which escaped from fur farms and now live wild in the UK, have been revealed through analysis of their whiskers. Research led by the University of Exeter reveals more about the diet of this ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cantabrian cornice experienced seven cooling, warming phases over past 41,000 years

In 1996, an international team of scientists led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) started to carry out a paleontological survey in the cave of El Mirón. Since then they have focused on analysing the fossil remains ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Let the cat keep chasing the mouse

For the first time an international researcher team has developed a model, which identifies potential habitats and corridors for the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris). Using Rheinland-Pfalz as an ...

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created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Vive the vole!

The gathering of data for research involving an animal usually involves invasive procedures or death for the experimental animals. But critical data may now be collected through a nonlethal procedure, according ...

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created Apr 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The fight back by Britain's otters sees a decline in American mink

A study by Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) suggests that native otters are driving American mink from Britain’s riverbanks. Researchers found a significant relationship between the decline ...

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created Sep 11, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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